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The Three Lions have a woeful record when it comes to their opening games at major tournaments.

England have not won one since the 1-0 triumph over Paraguay at the World Cup in Germany in 2006 and have won just two of their last 14 going back to 1986.

Gareth Southgate's men open their Group G campaign against Tunisia in Volgograd on Monday.

Young has urged the Three Lions to be aggressive and stamp their mark on the tournament from the off.

The Manchester United ace said: "Everyone feels like that. You can see the excitement around the team and the squad and the staff.

"We feel like we are fully prepared and we are ready for the tournament to start.

"It is always important to make a good start to a tournament. You want to get off to winning ways, each game is tough but we are fully prepared and ready for that first game.

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"You talk about our results historically - but we are here, we are looking to do well in training and do well in that first match.

"I think you can see from the last two games we have started brightly and been on the front foot.

"If you start like that it can put teams on the back foot and that is what we are looking to do come the first game.

That is what you want to do, be aggressive. You want to start quick and if you get on the front foot and everyone is pressing from the back to the front then everyone knows if one of the forwards goes, we go as a team.

"We will work on it this week and I am sure we will get off to a good start."

Young will not be underestimating Tunisia, however and knows his men will have a tough task when it comes to getting an opening win.

But however great the challenge proves, the veteran defender admits he will not feel the nerves.

Young added: "I saw their game on Saturday night and they were good. Every team at the world cup is a good team. They are at the World Cup, of course they are a good team.

"You have to play against the team that's in front of you and it is going to be a tough task, but we are fully prepared for that.

"There is always pressure. Obviously there is more pressure because this is a World Cup, but every player in the squad has dealt with pressure. We have to show we can handle that.

"I don't really get nervous. I just prepare in the right way for the game. It is a World Cup, the biggest competition in world football and to be able to play on that stage you want to go and impress - and we are looking to do that."